Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Silvicolae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus aemula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus aemula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus aemula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus aemula
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus macrosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus aemula
COMMON NAME:
Rome Hawthorn
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Ron Lance rwl_crat_aemula_2
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Ron Lance rwlcaemula_1
April
In cultivation
Flowers showy & growth rapid. Trees can be considered rather fine-textured, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp052921_img5
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Ron Lance rwl_caemula_2
September
In cultivation
Fruits red, 12-18mm diameter. Related to C. iracunda, but foliage differs ...
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Ron Lance rwl2162_a
September
... in its frequent rounded bases, thin texture, yellow-green coloration, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwlcrat_aemula_sc_gvlco2
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Ron Lance rwl_a20_silvicolae_aemula
Month Unknown
Petioles mostly <1/3 length of blade. — Ron Lance
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus aemula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus aemula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus aemula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus aemula
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus macrosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus aemula
2162
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Upland hardwood and pine-hardwood forests over sandstone, calcareous rock or circumneutral clay soils, uncommon but sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular or slightly glandular esp in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10-15 stamens (anthers pink or purplish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome
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